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Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:47 pm ] |
Post subject: | Great Protest Songs! |
Whether from the past or the present, whether protesting politics or social mores! Quote:FIVE MAN ELECTRICAL BAND lyrics - "Signs" And the sign said "Long-haired freaky people need not apply" So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why He said "You look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you'll do" So I took off my hat, I said "Imagine that. Huh! Me workin' for you!" Whoa-oh-oh Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign? And the sign said anybody caught trespassin' would be shot on sight So I jumped on the fence and-a yelled at the house, "Hey! What gives you the right?" "To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in" "If God was here he'd tell you to your face, Man, you're some kinda sinner" Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign? Now, hey you, mister, can't you read? You've got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat You can't even watch, no you can't eat You ain't supposed to be here The sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside Ugh! [Lead Guitar] And the sign said, "Everybody welcome. Come in, kneel down and pray" But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all, I didn't have a penny to pay So I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign I said, "Thank you, Lord, for thinkin' 'bout me. I'm alive and doin' fine." Wooo! Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign? Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Sign Sign, sign ****************************************************** Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell <i></i> |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:51 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Great Protest Songs! |
When Green Day plays this in concert they start out by saying that this song is a great big "F**K YOU!!" to all politicans. Quote: Green Day - Holiday (Say hey!) Hear the sound of the falling rain Coming down like an Armageddon flame The shame The ones who died without a name Hear the dogs howling out of key To a hymn called Faith and Misery (Hey!) And bleed, the company lost the war today! I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies This is the dawning of the rest of our lives On Holiday! Hear the drum pounding out of time Another protestor has crossed the line (Hey!) To find, the money's on the other side Can I get another Amen? (Amen!) There's a flag wrapped around a score of men *Hey!) A gag, a plastic bag on a monument I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies This is the dawning of the rest our lives On Holiday! (Hey!) (Say hey!) (The representative from California has the floor" Zieg Heil to the president gasman Bombs away is your punishment Pulverize the Eiffel towers Who critiscize your government Bang bang goes the broken glass and Kill all the fags that don't agree Trials by fire, setting fire Is not a way that's meant for me Just cause, just cause because we're outlaws yeah! I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies This is the dawning of the rest of our lives I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies This is the dawning of the rest of our lives ... This is our lives on holiday! ****************************************************** Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell <i></i> |
Author: | danlo60 [ Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:47 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Great Protest Songs! |
To me, this has always been the original protest song: The Fish Cheer, or the I-Feel-Like-I'm Going-To-Die-Rag Gimme an F! F! Gimme an I! I! Gimme an S! S! Gimme an H! H! What's that spell ? FISH! What's that spell ? FISH! What's that spell ? FISH! Yeah, come on all of you, big strong men, Uncle Sam needs your help again. He's got himself in a terrible jam Way down yonder in Vietnam So put down your books and pick up a gun, We're gonna have a whole lotta fun. And it's one, two, three, What are we fighting for ? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, Next stop is Vietnam; And it's five, six, seven, Open up the pearly gates, Well there ain't no time to wonder why, Whoopee! we're all gonna die. Well, come on generals, let's move fast; Your big chance has come at last. Gotta go out and get those reds The only good commie is the one who's dead And you know that peace can only be won When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come. And it's one, two, three, What are we fighting for ? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, Next stop is Vietnam; And it's five, six, seven, Open up the pearly gates, Well there ain't no time to wonder why Whoopee! we're all gonna die. Huh! Well, come on Wall Street, don't move slow, Why man, this is war au-go-go. There's plenty good money to be made By supplying the Army with the tools of the trade, Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb, They drop it on the Viet Cong. And it's one, two, three, What are we fighting for? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, Next stop is Vietnam. And it's five, six, seven, Open up the pearly gates, Well there ain't no time to wonder why Whoopee! we're all gonna die. Well, come on mothers throughout the land, Pack your boys off to Vietnam. Come on fathers, don't hesitate, Send 'em off before it's too late. Be the first one on your block To have your boy come home in a box. And it's one, two, three What are we fighting for ? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, Next stop is Vietnam. And it's five, six, seven, Open up the pearly gates, Well there ain't no time to wonder why, Whoopee! we're all gonna die. ***** Before, you are wise; after, you are wise. In between you are otherwise. Fravashi saying (from the formularies of Osho the Fool) <i>Edited by: danlo60 at: 10/11/06 1:48 pm </i> |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:19 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Great Protest Songs! |
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio Lyrics Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio. Gotta get down to it Soldiers are cutting us down Should have been done long ago. What if you knew her And found her dead on the ground How can you run when you know? Gotta get down to it Soldiers are cutting us down Should have been done long ago. What if you knew her And found her dead on the ground How can you run when you know? Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio ****************************************************** Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell <i></i> |
Author: | danlo60 [ Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:19 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Great Protest Songs! |
Ohio writen by Neil Young and his partner Stephen Stills with Buffalo Springfield, as well, wrote this classic: For What It's Worth There's something happening here What it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to beware I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down There's battle lines being drawn Nobody's right if everybody's wrong Young people speaking their minds Getting so much resistance from behind I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down What a field-day for the heat A thousand people in the street Singing songs and carrying signs Mostly say, hooray for our side It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down Paranoia strikes deep Into your life it will creep It starts when you're always afraid You step out of line, the man come and take you away We better stop, hey, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down Stop, hey, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down Stop, now, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down Stop, children, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down ***** Before, you are wise; after, you are wise. In between you are otherwise. Fravashi saying (from the formularies of Osho the Fool) <i></i> |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:38 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Great Protest Songs! |
The best known version of this old Blues song is probably by Billie Holliday: Quote: Southern trees bear strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Pastoral scene of the gallant south, The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth, Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh, Then the sudden smell of burning flesh. Here is fruit for the crows to pluck, For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck, For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop, Here is a strange and bitter crop. ****************************************************** Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell <i></i> |
Author: | Earthblood [ Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:21 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Great Protest Songs! |
Kind of a protest song... I love John Prine Sam Stone ©John Prine Sam Stone came home, To his wife and family After serving in the conflict overseas. And the time that he served, Had shattered all his nerves, And left a little shrapnel in his knee. But the morphine eased the pain, And the grass grew round his brain, And gave him all the confidence he lacked, With a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back. Chorus: There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes, Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose. Little pitchers have big ears, Don't stop to count the years, Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm.... Sam Stone's welcome home Didn't last too long. He went to work when he'd spent his last dime And Sammy took to stealing When he got that empty feeling For a hundred dollar habit without overtime. And the gold rolled through his veins Like a thousand railroad trains, And eased his mind in the hours that he chose, While the kids ran around wearin' other peoples' clothes... Repeat Chorus: Sam Stone was alone When he popped his last balloon Climbing walls while sitting in a chair Well, he played his last request While the room smelled just like death With an overdose hovering in the air But life had lost its fun And there was nothing to be done But trade his house that he bought on the G. I. Bill For a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill. Repeat Chorus Cripple but free; I was blind all the time I was learning to see<i></i> |
Author: | danlo60 [ Fri Nov 03, 2006 5:44 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Great Protest Songs! |
That's not kind of a protest song Earthy, that may be the best! ***** Before, you are wise; after, you are wise. In between you are otherwise. Fravashi saying (from the formularies of Osho the Fool) <i></i> |
Author: | A Gunslinger [ Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:10 am ] |
Post subject: | Protest Song |
TO WASHINGTON John Mellencamp Eight years of peace and prosperity Scandal in the White House An election is what we need From coast-to-coast to Washington So America voted on a president No one kept count On how the election went From Florida to Washington @#%$, said one side And the other said the same Both looked pretty guilty But no one took the blame From coast-to-coast to Washington So a new man in the White House With a familiar name Said he had some fresh ideas But it's worse now since he came From Texas to Washington And he wants to fight with many And he says it's not for oil He sent out the National Guard To police the world From Baghdad to Washington What is the thought process To take a humans life What would be the reason To think that this is right From heaven to Washington From Jesus Christ to Washington <i></i> |
Author: | danlo60 [ Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:58 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Protest Song |
Wow that's heavy stuff coming from the 'Coug' Guns! Reminds me of his "Scarecrow" days... ***** Before, you are wise; after, you are wise. In between you are otherwise. Fravashi saying (from the formularies of Osho the Fool) <i></i> |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:18 pm ] |
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No protest song thread could be complete without the Motown classic War by Edwin Starr... |
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